Mir Taqi Mir was often compared with the later day Urdu poet, Mirza Ghalib (Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan , pen-name Ghalib and Asad also known as Dabeer-ul-Mulk and Najm-ud-daulah) who was a great classical Urdu and Persian language poet of India.
Lovers of Urdu poetry often debate Meer's supremacy over Ghalib or vice versa. It may be noted that Ghalib himself acknowledged, through some of his couplets, that Meer was indeed a genius that deserved respect.
Here are two couplets by Mirza Ghalib on this matter.
Reekhta kay tumhi ustaad nahi ho Ghalib
Kehtay hain aglay zamanay may koi Meer bhi thaa.
(You are not the only master of Urdu,
GhalibThey say there used to be a Meer in the past)
Ghalib apna yeh aqeeda hai baqaul e Nasikh
Aap bey bahrah hai jo muataqid e Meer nahi.
(Ghalib! Its my belief in the words of Nasikh*,
"He that vows not on Meer, is himself unlearned!")
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